Re: Practice: Weekly Cycle

On Monday, December 27, 2004, at 11:58:19 AM, Kent Beck wrote:

> This is the same philosophy, expressing directions for improvement by
> identifying their "extreme" form, that was in place for half a dozen
> practices covered already in this mailing list and for the five years before
> that since the publication of XPE1. Why is it suddenly important to express
> general preferences (as short as you guys are comfortable with) instead of
> absolutes? That's the part of your post I really don't understand.

Well, when we say "test everything that could possibly break," or
"write no code without a failing test," it quickly becomes clear
that that instruction is a pointer in a direction, not an absolute.

"Work in one-week cycles" may seem to some not to have that same
property of pointing to an unattainable ideal. It might sound more
like a specific goal.

In addition, it may not be clear to some of the folks here that one
week really is better than two, even as a goal. Or that one day or
one hour might not be better still.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
Comments lie. Code doesn't.




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